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biting adjective

  /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/
  • Causing a stinging sensation.
  • Cutting or incisive.
  • Tending to bite.
 mordant

bite verb

  /baɪt/
  • (transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
  • (transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
  • (intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
 mordre, piquer
  • (intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
 mordre
  • (intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
 mordre, marcher, tomber dans le panneau
  • (transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
 garder, maintenir

bite noun

  /baɪt/
  • The act of biting.
  • The wound left behind after having been bitten.
 morsure
  • A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
 bouchée
  • The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
 piqûre
nail biting
onychophagie
crib-biting
tic à l’appui
biting point
point de patinage
biting stonecrop
orpin âcre
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